Multimodal network community system for rapid message transmission to multiple specific persons and method of controlling the same

Abstract

The present invention provides a multimodal network community system capable of transmitting a message to and collecting responses from multiple specific persons in a short period of time and a method of controlling the same, which can transmit a notice (message) to and collect responses from a plurality of members of a specific group or groups in a short period of time according to a predefined procedure via various methods, such as a telephone call, an email, a text message, a web message, an instant message and a voice message, and can collect the results of the recipients' reception of the message and responses via various communication means, automatically arrange them in a database and transmit them to a message transmitter, so that the message transmitter can simultaneously transmit a desired message to a number of persons at one time, the recipients can perfectly receive the message via communication means set by them with a high probability of success and in a timely manner, and a message relay service provider can create a profit-generating business model through sticky and frequent online traffic generated by community and group members, with the result that a number of members can be recruited and retained and the management of members can be facilitated through the application thereof to network community business.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This national stage non-provisional application under 35 USC 371 claims the benefit of International Application Number PCT / KR2007 / 001249, with an international filing date of 14 March, 2007, published in English with an International Publication Date of 4 Oct., 2007.BRIEF DESCRIPTION[0002]The present invention relates to a multimodal network community system capable of transmitting a message to and collecting responses from multiple specific persons in a short period of time and to a method of controlling the same.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Existing online network community models aim to be used by individuals for organizing and sharing their information or content related to specific topics. These models employ simple and common operation schemes of transmitting notices and information via message boards, web pages, and blogs or notices via email and text messages.[0004]These models often have shortcomings in that users lose inter...

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[0010]The present invention provides a multimodal network community system capable of transmitting a message to and collecting responses from multiple specific persons in a short period of time and a method of controlling the same, which can transmit a notice (message) to and collect responses from a plurality of members of a specific group or groups in a short period of time according to a predefined procedure via various methods, such as a telephone call, an email, a text message, a web message, an instant message and a voice message, and can collect the results of the recipients' reception of the message and responses via various communication means, automatically arrange them in a database and transmit them to a message transmitter, so that the message transmitter can simultaneously transmit a desired message to a number of persons at one time, the recipients can perfectly receive the message via communication means set by them with a high probability of success and in a timely manner, and a message relay service provider can create a profit-generating business model through sticky and frequent online traffic generated by community and group members, with the result that a number of members can be recruited and retained and the management of members can be facilitated through the application thereof to network community business.

[0011]In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a multimodal network community system for transmitting a message to and collecting responses from one or multiple specific persons in a short period of time, including wired / wireless terminals used by a message transmitter and one or more message recipients; a connection means for connecting the wired / wireless terminals and a multimodal communication server to each other so as to perform group message transmission and collection of responses; a database for storing information about groups to which the transmitter and the recipients subscribed, information about the recipients' priority message reception communication means, message transmission rules, and schedule information; a multimodal communication server for transmitting a message for group transmission from the transmitter, connected through a wired / wireless terminal, to recipients of a corresponding group via priority communication means set by the recipients, and providing results of reception and responses by the recipients to the transmitter; a control server for performing control such that the transmitter transmits the message sequentially to one communication means at a time; simultaneously to all communication means at one time; and using any message routing method according to the set message rules when the multimodal communication server transmits the message; and a message conversion means for converting a text message into voice data or a voice message into a text message when a communication means of the transmitter is different from a communication means of a recipient.

[0012]The present invention has the advantage of providing a multimodal network community system capable of transmitting a message to and collecting responses from one or multiple specific persons in a short period of time and a method of controlling the same, which can transmit a notice (message) to and collect responses from a single or a plurality of members of a specific group in a short period of time according to a predefined procedure via various methods, such as a telephone call, an email, a text message, an instant message, a web message, and a voice message, and can collect the results of recipients' reception of the message and responses via various communication means, automatically arrange them in a database and transmit them to a message transmitter, so that the message transmitter can simultaneously transmit a desired message to a number of persons at one time, the recipients can perfectly receive the message via communication means set by them, and a message relay service provider can create a profit-generating business model through sticky and frequent online traffic generated by community and group members.

Problems solved by technology

These models often have shortcomings in that users lose interest over time and the frequency of use rapidly decreases because their content often lacks depth and does not stem from meaningful relationships in the community or group even though their users frequent the websites out of curiosity at the outset.

However, the use of such technology has been limited to simple and obvious communication applications, such as voice-recognition-based call centers, computer telephony business or automatic telephony questionnaires.

These methods have problems in that transmitters unilaterally determine methods of communication means regardless of the recipients' particular situations in terms of their ability to access such information.

If transmitter's best guess for a recipient's effective communication means is mistaken, the recipient cannot receive the message in time to make a time-critical decision—such as participating in an important last minute meeting or selling stock in time before a market crash.

In addition, there is no easy way to summarize automatically whether the message has been received by all recipients, and if not, retransmit the message via other means that are more likely to receive a timely attention from the recipients.

This is an extremely time-consuming and ineffective way to notify an emergency situation or organize an event, especially when time value of the message is high or an event is organized with a short notice.

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